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THIS PST FRIDAY, A ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO REPAVE A SECTION OF K-383 HIGHWAY IN NORTON COUNTY BEGAN. THE PROJECT BEGINS AT THE DECATUR/NORTON COUNTY LINE AND CONTINUES NORTHEAST TO THE U.S. 36 JUNCTION. THE SCOPE INCLUDES PLACING AN ULTRA-THIN BONDED ASPHALT SURFACING ALONG 13.5 MILES OF THE ROADWAY. THIS PAVEMENT PROCESS INCLUDES A FAST APPLICATION OF ASPHALT SURFACING. AND ...

A NORTON MAN ESCAPED INJURY IN A COW-VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEST OF NORTON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A 1994 BUICK SKYLARK, DRIVEN BY ROBERT DERAUF OF NORTON WAS WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 36. HE CAME UPON A COW STANDING ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OR THE ROADWAY. DERAUF WAS UNABLE TO AVOID CONTACT. DAMAGE WAS LISTED AT OVER 1000 DOLLARS AND DERAUF WAS WEARING HIS ...

THE FIRST OF THE YEAR NORTON BLUEJAY BOOSTER CLUB MEETING WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:30. IT WILL BE HELD AT THE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA. TENNIS AND VOLLEYBALL COACHES WILL TALK ABOUT FIRST MATCHES/GAMES AND THE CROSS COUNTRY AND FOOTBALL COACHES WILL PREVIEW THEIR UPCOMING MEET AND GAME. THE FIRST NORTON BLUEJAY BOOSTER CLUB MEETING OF THE YEAR ...

ALLEN C. SCHMIDT OF HAYS WAS AMONG 37 SELECT LAWMAKERS TO COMPLETE A LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES AND ASSISTS EMERGING STATE AND PROVINCIAL LEADERS IN THE MIDWEST. SENATOR SCHMIDT MET WITH FELLOW LAWMAKERS FROM KANSAS, 10 OTHER MIDWESTERN STATES AND FOUR CANADIAN PROVINCES IN MADISON, WISCONSIN FOR THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS’ 18TH ANNUAL BOWHAY INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP ...

A DODGE CITY MAN PLED TO AN AMENDED COUNT IN NORTON MUNICIPAL COURT. THEODORE STONE OF DODGE CITY WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF DOMESTIC BATTERY IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED JULY 6TH INCIDENT. IN A PLEA AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY PROSECUTOR, STONE PLED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT. HE WAS FINED 200 DOLLARS AND ASSESSED COURT COSTS ...

THE NORTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES THAT THE NORTON FIREWORKS FOR 2012 ARE CANCELLED. THE ANNUAL EVENT’S TECHNICIANS FEEL THAT THE FIREWORKS WILL KEEP UNTIL JULY 4, 2013. THANKS TO ALL THE MANY VOLUNTEERS AND OFFICIALS WHO HELP THE NORTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVERY YEAR AND MAKE THIS EVENT FUN AND SAFE. THIS YEAR’S EVENTS ARE UNFORTUNATE, BUT SAFETY ...

A PRAIRIE VIEW MAN ESCAPED INJURY IN A COW/VEHICLE ACCIDENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON EAST OF NORTON. A 2005 GMC PICK-UP, DRIVEN BY ETHAN GALLENTINE, WAS SOUTHBOUND ON COUNTY ROAD E012. HE APPROACHED TWO COWS AND A CALF IN THE ROADWAY. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND STRUCK THE CALF AND ONE COW, CAUSING DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT ...

YESTERDAY, A JOB TO OVERLAY K-261 HIGHWAY INTO THE PRAIRIE DOG STATE PARK BEGAN. THE PROJECT BEGINS AT THE U.S. 36 JUNCTION AND CONTINUES INTO STATE PARK’S MAIN OFFICE. THE SCOPE INCLUDES A MILL AND HOT-MIX OVERLAY OF ASPHALT MATERIAL. CONTRACTORS WILL MILL ONE INCH OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT, AND THEN PLACE A TWO-INCH LIFT OF NEW ASPHALT MATERIAL ...

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HELD A PUBLIC HEARING LAST NIGHT TO GET WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED PERMIT THAT IS BEING SUBMITTED BY CALVERT SWINE. THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A 93 HUNDRED HEAD HOG UNIT EAST OF CALVERT JUST OFF HIGHWAY 383. THE PLANS FOR THE UNIT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND THE ...

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY’S AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER AT HAYS WILL HOLD ITS FALL FIELD DAY, THIS YEAR TITLED “EVERY DROP COUNTS: MAXIMIZING CROP WATER USE” ON WEDNESDAY. THE FIELD DAY, TO BE HELD AT THE RESEARCH CENTER LOCATED AT 1232 240TH AVE. IN HAYS, BEGINS WITH REGISTRATION AT 8:30 A.M. AND THE PROGRAM AT 9:00 A.M. PRESENTATIONS AND K-STATE PRESENTERS INCLUDE: ...

NORTON BOOSTER CLUBS FIRST MEETING WILL BE NEXT WEDNESDAY AUG 29TH AT 7:30. IT WILL BE HELD AT THE JR/SR HIGH CAFETERIA. TENNIS AND VOLLEYBALL COACHES WILL TALK ABOUT FIRST MATCHES/GAMES AND THE CROSS COUNTRY AND FOOTBALL COACHES WILL PREVIEW THEIR UPCOMING MEET AND GAME. THE FIRST NORTON BLUEJAY BOOSTER CLUB MEETING WILL BE NEXT WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29TH AT 7:30 ...

A NORTON WOMAN HAS APPEALED HER CONVICTION IN MAGISTRATE COURT TO DISTRICT COURT. BRITTANY KOLMAN WAS CHARGED AND FOUND GUILTY OF FAILURE TO ATTEND A FIRE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. THAT CHARGE WAS IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED MAY 11TH INCIDENT AT THE PRAIRIE DOG STATE PARK. SHE APPEALED THE DECISION HANDED DOWN IN MAGISTRATE COURT. HER HEARING WILL BE ...